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Monument Number 46401
Hob Uid: 46401
Location : North Yorkshire Craven Rylstone
Grid Ref : SD9708056870
Summary : Bronze Age ditched barrow surviving as an earthwork. Excavation recovered a tree-trunk coffin.
More information : [SD 97095688] TUMULUS [O.E.] A ditched barrow at Scale House, 30 ft. in diameter and 5 ft. high, was excavated in 1864 by Canon Greenwell, and found to contain a tree-trunk coffin burial of B.A. date. Published survey (25") correct. A well-preserved bowl barrow with superficial traces of a ditch. A piece of oak from the coffin, and a fragment of worsted cere cloth are displayed in Craven Museum, Skipton. Situated at SD 97095687, on a small hill spur, this well-preserved barrow measures 14.5m diameter and 1.2m maximum height. The remains of the ditch are too slight for measurement. Published Survey (1:2500) SD 970 569. Scale Hill round cairn. Scheduled No 1076. (6) SD 9708 5687. Scale Hill round cairn. Scheduled RSM No 24501. A turf-covered cairn in a low lying position near Scale House farmyard. It measures 1.5m high and 14m in diameter with a slight surrounding ditch 1.3m wide. (7)

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Source details : OS 6" 1956.
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Source details : Brit.Barrows, 1877, 374-7, (Greenwell)
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Source details : Reliquary, 6, 1866, 1.
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Source details : P.P.S. 15, 1949, 106, (Elgee).
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Source details : F1 RWE 31-DEC-63
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Source details : English Heritage County List of Scheduled Monuments - N Yorkshire December 1987 8
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Source Number : 7
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Source details : English Heritage Scheduling Amendment 3/8/95
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Bronze Age
Display Date : Bronze Age
Monument End Date : -700
Monument Start Date : -2600
Monument Type : Bowl Barrow, Tree Trunk Coffin
Evidence : Earthwork, Find

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : NY 1076
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 24501
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SD 95 NE 8
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1863-01-01
End Date : 1863-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1864-01-01
End Date : 1864-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1963-12-31
End Date : 1963-12-31

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 46401